Reply #68: No, what I propose is a vigorous campaign...

[IrateCitizen]

... similar to the strong-arming that took place to get Dems to go along with additional funding for the IMF, as well as firing the generals (Geithner, Summers) who are so compromised and have proven so inept in handling this mess.

All they have done is papered over the problem at every turn, while Obama has done little more than give feel-good speeches.

For example, they could have forced the banks to carry the real value of their bad assets on the books, but they didn't. Then, they pushed through the "stress tests" when the game was already rigged from the start due to that accounting trickery. At no point during this problem have they seriously challenged the power of big finance. And, FWIW, foreclosures continue to rise, with little or no action being taken by the banks to work with struggling homeowners.

Keep waving those pom-poms if you want. My eyes are wide open.